truhan
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
According to Coromines and Pascual, from Old SpanishCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish#TRUHANCategory:Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish#TRUHAN trufán, attested since the 13th century, borrowed from Old FrenchCategory:Spanish terms derived from Old French#TRUHAN truand (“a mendicant; a crook or gangster”), from a GaulishCategory:Spanish terms derived from Gaulish#TRUHAN *trūgantos, perhaps diminutive of *trūgos, cognate with English truant, Irish trogán, related to Old Irish tróg (“miserable, unfortunate”), Breton tru (“weak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (often including Central America) /tɾuˈan/ [t̪ɾuˈãn]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#TRUHANCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#TRUHAN
- IPA(key): (Central America) /ˈtɾwan/ [ˈt̪ɾwãn]Category:Spanish 1-syllable words#TRUHANCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#TRUHAN
- Syllabification: truhan
Noun
truhan m (plural truhanes, feminine truhana, feminine plural truhanas)Category:Spanish lemmas#TRUHANCategory:Spanish nouns#TRUHANCategory:Spanish countable nouns#TRUHANCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#TRUHANCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#TRUHANCategory:Pages with entries#TRUHANCategory:Pages with 1 entry#TRUHAN
- a scoundrel, scammer, swindler
- a rogue, crook
- (historicalCategory:Spanish terms with historical senses#TRUHAN) a medieval jester, buffoon
Derived terms
Adjective
truhan (feminine truhana, masculine plural truhanes, feminine plural truhanas)Category:Spanish lemmas#TRUHANCategory:Spanish adjectives#TRUHANCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#TRUHANCategory:Pages with entries#TRUHANCategory:Pages with 1 entry#TRUHAN
- cunning, tricky
- (figuratively) clowning, wisecracking (said of a person)
Further reading
- “truhan”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025